< a850.txt.1; fragment_extrageneric >
Death being the
first form of
Life which we
have had
the
power to Contem
plate, our
entrance here
being
before our
own
comprehen
sion
an Exclu
sion from com
prehension,
preliminary to our own
it
is
strange
amazing
that
the fascination
of our predicament
does not
entice
us more
<reverse (A 850a), paper flipped up from bottom>
With such
sen
tences as these
directly over
our Heads we
are as
Exempt
from Exultation
as the stones -